Razr Maxx HD screen size

I went to a local Verizon store to check out the Razr Maxx HD. Is this suppose to be a larger screen versus my Razr Maxx? I barely noticed any difference. Anyone think the size difference is barely noticeable? -Casey

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Razr maxx hd is 4.7 . . Razr maxx is 4.3 . . But the capacitive buttons on the maxx were moved on-screen for the maxx hd thus taking up the extra space. However the buttons disappear on the maxx hd when watching movies so the screen is effectively larger in that case.

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I just did a side-by-side comparison at a Verizon store. The HD screen is definitely nicer, but I wouldn't say it's by leaps and bounds. One thing to remember is that in the store, the demo models will always have the brightness turned up to 100%, which makes the screen pop. If you're going to compare side by side, either turn your phone up to 100%, or adjust the demo model to Auto or whatever you're used to.

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Originally Posted by B. Diddy

I just did a side-by-side comparison at a Verizon store. The HD screen is definitely nicer, but I wouldn't say it's by leaps and bounds. One thing to remember is that in the store, the demo models will always have the brightness turned up to 100%, which makes the screen pop. If you're going to compare side by side, either turn your phone up to 100%, or adjust the demo model to Auto or whatever you're used to.

I did this when I had both phones side by side at home and the difference was pretty big.

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Originally Posted by revtech

Razr maxx hd is 4.7 . . Razr maxx is 4.3 . . But the capacitive buttons on the maxx were moved on-screen for the maxx hd thus taking up the extra space. However the buttons disappear on the maxx hd when watching movies so the screen is effectively larger in that case.

Onscreen buttons are quite possibly the worst design decision Google has made. Using screen real estate for buttons is incredibly stupid. If you look at a webpage, you can see more content on the original RAZR because there is more screen real estate for the actual browser window. (Though the screen looks much clearer on the RAZR HD).

Originally Posted by AndroidInside

How was the display quality maxx vs maxx hd? Was there a huge difference there?

The MAXX HD does look significantly better than the MAXX, the higher resolution/pixel density really helps the clarity but it is still a far cry from what it should be. In terms of CLARITY, the RAZR HD is easily beaten by the EVO LTE, ONE X, iPhone 4,4S,5, even the Motorola ATRIX HD looks better.

AMOLED is simply permanently handicapped by its sub-pixel arrangement and will never compete in terms of clarity with a LCD panel of the same resolution.

I'm going to go with the HTC DLX or Deluxe or whatever it ends up being called. It will have a LCD screen at 1080 resolution and hardware buttons. A 2500 mah battery is plenty to get through the day. I'll gladly give up 800mah if it means I don't have to deal with onscreen buttons or AMOLED.

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Originally Posted by dreamliner

Onscreen buttons are quite possibly the worst design decision Google has made. Using screen real estate for buttons is incredibly stupid. If you look at a webpage, you can see more content on the original RAZR because there is more screen real estate for the actual browser window. (Though the screen looks much clearer on the RAZR HD).

The MAXX HD does look significantly better than the MAXX, the higher resolution/pixel density really helps the clarity but it is still a far cry from what it should be. In terms of CLARITY, the RAZR HD is easily beaten by the EVO LTE, ONE X, iPhone 4,4S,5, even the Motorola ATRIX HD looks better.

AMOLED is simply permanently handicapped by its sub-pixel arrangement and will never compete in terms of clarity with a LCD panel of the same resolution.

I'm going to go with the HTC DLX or Deluxe or whatever it ends up being called. It will have a LCD screen at 1080 resolution and hardware buttons. A 2500 mah battery is plenty to get through the day. I'll gladly give up 800mah if it means I don't have to deal with onscreen buttons or AMOLED.

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So I got my Razr Maxx HD yesterday, coming over from Nexus One. I decide to disable the google search bar on the top of home screen thru settings/apps/all/"google search". So far so good. Now I have extra real estate on the top, but I can't move other widgets or app icons into it! What's up with that? What can you use this extra real estate for? Now I power down my phone and restart, and go back to settings/apps/all/ and I no longer can find "google search". How do you restore this build in search widget that hangs in this apparently unusable real estate? I'm curious to know what others are using this "extra" real estate for.

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On screen buttons are amazing. People who say otherwise are stupid. With rooting you can change them to any color you want, they aren't hardware so they will never get worn out. And best of all, they go away when you don't need them, yes folks that's right. If you're watching a video boom they're gone so you have to full screen.

Honestly though, they take up like .3 inches of the screen, space that you don't need to use anyway unless watching a video or playing a full screen game.

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Originally Posted by carracerz14

On screen buttons are amazing. People who say otherwise are stupid. With rooting you can change them to any color you want, they aren't hardware so they will never get worn out. And best of all, they go away when you don't need them, yes folks that's right. If you're watching a video boom they're gone so you have to full screen.

Honestly though, they take up like .3 inches of the screen, space that you don't need to use anyway unless watching a video or playing a full screen game.

Sent from my RAZR MAXXIMUS

People aren't "stupid" just because they like something different than you. Personally I think it's stupid to use up ANY screen real estate with buttons. The buttons look ridiculous, and it makes the screen look smaller.

The only way I'd take ugly on-screen buttons is if the display was 5".

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I agree, onscreen buttons are a waste of space. I'm very dissapointed in Moto, after owning the X, Bionic and Maxx. I'm switching to Note 2 with 3100 battery or wait for the S4 with 5 in. screen. The DNA stinks, the battery, no sd slot, locked in battery.

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My brother just got his and the screen size isn't really noticable , but the picture is terrific.
On a side note the speaker on the HD blows away the regular Maxx.
I didn't like how they removed the menu button down at the bottom of the phone.